fbi investigation that uncovered cia director david petraeus' affair started when the agency monitored petraeus' e-mail it comes before he was expected to testify in congress. in the top of the hour we'll have more. and two weeks after super storm sandep hit the northeast. thousands of new yorkers don't have power. the governor threatened to pull long island authority franchise. coming up live from staten island president obama will meet with congressional leaders. trying to avoid a fiscal cliff. we'll look at that and more in a moment. stay with us. . >> fears of the fiscal cliff smacking stocks this week and comes as we fiped out the average balance of a 401 account is record high. what should people do to protect themselves from this? >> doing what i am doing lately. i am putting it percentage wise in cash. more americans are saving because they are scared of what is going to happen. bad for the short-term economy. captital gains and dividends tax is raised it will be bad for the stotock market. >> investors will be discouraged from paying in to the stocks especially those with the